Exodus 20:16

The ninth commandment forbids false testimony against your neighbor. Truthfulness protects others and reflects the God of truth.

Cross-references · 19

• Prov 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Matt 19:18“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
• Ps 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
• Exod 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
• Deut 19:15–21A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Matt 26:59–60Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
• Prov 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
• Ps 101:5–7Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Exod 23:6–7You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
• Lev 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
• Eph 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
• 1 Tim 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
• Prov 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
• 2 Tim 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
• Jas 4:11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
• 1 Sam 22:8–19Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
• Lev 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 21:10–13But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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